Rockets without Harden/Westbrook vs Lakers without James/Davis

Rockets with Harden/Westbrook lose BIG to OKC.
Lakers WITHOUT James/Davis/Green win BIG vs OKC.
Yeah, I'll take the Lakers.

Austin Rivers - Chris Clemons
Eric Gordon - Ben McLemore - Michael Frazier - Gerald Green
Danuel House - William Howard
P.J. Tucker - Thabo Sefolosha
Clint Capela - Isaiah Hartenstein - Tyson Chandler - Nene

Rajon Rondo - Alex Caruso - Quinn Cook
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - Avery Bradley - Troy Daniels
Danny Green - Talen Horton-Tucker
Kyle Kuzma - Jared Dudley - Kostas Antetokounmpo - Devontae Cacok
JaVale McGee - Dwight Howard - DeMarcus Cousins

 

Since when is OKC some kind of measuring stick ?

How about the clippers?

Rockets 2-1
Lakers 0-2

 

Okc had an exceptional shooting night against us while we couldn’t hit a shot. Things were reversed when they played Lakers.

 

Lakers have better depth, but you can't judge on just one game as to who is better without superstars. We have beaten the Thunder this season as well

 

one game dude chill

 

Odd question, but obviously our role players are not as good. Vogel in a vacuum is not better than MDA by any stretch of the imagination and I'm not a fan of MDA at all.

 

Dwert Howand.

 

okc had back to back game against a team w/ deeper bench, mcgee, KCP, rondo, DHoward all big names, accepted or not; in addition, Kuzma is something.
Before that, We got a back to back. 7 player rotations due to stubborn mda. Our James had an off night. That’s it.
Can’t say anything. Looking forward to Jan 19 meetup.

 

Vogel is under-rated. He did a good job in Indiana. Was surprised how the media gang up on him when he was first announced as coach. Hardly anyone put any 'respect on his name'. Vogel did a good job making it work with their two big superstars and having them playing good defense.

Lakers aren't without weakness, they seem to match well against some teams that we are not. But in a head to head matchup, who knows. The question is without the two main stars, I like our guys but probably give the advantage to Lakers. Disappointed at OKC, was giving them the nod for having a good game against us, and then they just shriveled against the Fakers. ugh

 

Did you see how we played OKC from the start? We played worst than against Sacramento or the spurs. It looked like the way we played against the warriors. Just like that no energy nothing to show except for Westbrook and Ben. Harden was off and every slow drive was getting block or they weren’t calling anything for him. When we play like that we lose against anyone. Yet we can beat anyone as well mmm /:

also the 5 days seemed to have messed up with our flow. It usually affects Harden the most.